Hi again, I posted a year ago when my partner and I were looking to over just before or after the birth of our daughter to the south of France. Our daughter is now going to be 7-8 months by the time we make the move, as we had essentially decided not to, pollution and care for cities in France when compared to much of England was quite depressing to us.
My partner is a parisian native but has lived in boulogne most of his life so only knows the city itself. We are still keen to avoid pollution ano areas that seem seedy to us by English or American standards. Fortunately for us this is contrary philosophy to why most people move to Paris and housing in cities surrounding Paris seem to be decently affordable compared to the prices of cities near London that we dealt with up until now.
We are hoping to get advice on good cities to live in around Paris. Could anyone advise if a particular city west or south of Paris has any combination of the following?
-Easy transport links into western Paris, public or car
-A village or close knit atmosphere
-less pollution than main city Paris (neither of us are asthmatic but we notice the pollution right away when we visit family)
-residential areas with decent terrain area per house (probably 500 or greater but 400 can be acceptable for the right house), but also able to walk to local amenities
-Low crime
I will create a separate topic to address our financial queries.
My partner is a parisian native but has lived in boulogne most of his life so only knows the city itself. We are still keen to avoid pollution ano areas that seem seedy to us by English or American standards. Fortunately for us this is contrary philosophy to why most people move to Paris and housing in cities surrounding Paris seem to be decently affordable compared to the prices of cities near London that we dealt with up until now.
We are hoping to get advice on good cities to live in around Paris. Could anyone advise if a particular city west or south of Paris has any combination of the following?
-Easy transport links into western Paris, public or car
-A village or close knit atmosphere
-less pollution than main city Paris (neither of us are asthmatic but we notice the pollution right away when we visit family)
-residential areas with decent terrain area per house (probably 500 or greater but 400 can be acceptable for the right house), but also able to walk to local amenities
-Low crime
I will create a separate topic to address our financial queries.
